First Lady of the Crown Prince

 Chapter 796 Three strong generals (first update)

Hu Yang was puzzled: "No, you didn't understand, did you? Prince Han is gone! Now this Black Wind Camp is Mr. Xiao's territory! Mr. Xiao appreciates it and promoted you on the first day he took office! Don't you realize It’s okay, I tell you!”

Wenren rushed and said: "If you say you won't go, you won't go."

“Hey! You!” Hu Yang put his hands on his hips and was about to point at him. Suddenly, a soldier behind him came over with a sharp move, “Lao Chong! Has my armor been repaired?”

Wenren didn't even raise his eyes. He just pointed at the wall on the back left: "Okay, go get it yourself on the third shelf over there."

 Soldiers pushed Populus euphratica away.

 Hu Yang is a master in name, but in fact he has no status in the military camp. The successive commanders of the Han family do not use the title of master. They have their own staff.

To put it harshly, he, as a master, is just a decoration, just for military pay.

Hu Yang staggered, holding on to the wall before standing still.

He glared at the man fiercely, gritted his teeth and muttered in a low voice: "You bastard, you don't have eyesight when you walk!"

The soldier took his armor and walked away without even looking at Master Hu or paying attention to the rush.

Master Hu only stood at the door of the iron shop for a short while, and then he felt that his whole body was about to be roasted by the high temperature. He looked at Wen Renchong who was sitting next to the boiler, and simply didn't understand how this guy could bear it. of.

Master Hu raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat and said seriously: "Wen Renchong, you were a confidant of the Xuanyuan family back then. You should know in your heart that even if it were not the Han family but any other family, you would not be able to do it." There is a chance of being reused. You are just unlucky enough to meet Mr. Xiao. Mr. Xiao dares to promote an old member of the Xuanyuan family at the risk of offending all the families and even His Majesty. Don't you feel a little moved in your heart? ?”

 Wen Renchong continued to repair the armor on his legs: "No."

 Master Hu: “…”

Master Hu was rejected by Wen Renchong, so he turned around and sued Wen Renchong severely in front of Gu Jiao.

 “That guy is so disrespectful!”

 “I’ll go take a look.” Gu Jiao said.

 As the commander-in-chief, she has her own tent, and there are the commander's guards in the tent, similar to the orderlies in her previous life.

Gu Jiao asked him to take Black Wind King and Ma King to the training ground to participate in training, and then went to the iron shop in the camp with Master Hu.

Master Hu planned to lead the way, but he didn't know that he couldn't walk as fast as Gu Jiao.

"Sir! Sir! Sir..." Master Hu looked at Gu Jiao turning right towards the iron shop accurately, and he scratched his head, "Sir, you know the way. Have you been here? Ah, by the way, you have come to the military camp for selection... No, the selection is at the front, this is the reserve camp...forget it, never mind!"

When Gu Jiao saw Wen Renchong, Wen Renchong was no longer repairing his armor, but was instead striking iron with a hammer.

Gu Jiao’s eyes fell on him.

Because the weather was too hot, he was shirtless, and his bronzed skin was covered with sweat. Although he had not participated in military training for many years, blacksmithing was still physical work, and his tendons were very strong and developed.

Gu Jiao noticed that he was wearing a leather glove on his right hand.

 It should be to cover the severed finger.

Master Hu was sweating profusely and chased after him. He bent over, held his thighs with both hands, and gasped: "Wen Ren... Wen Ren... rush... Mr. Xiao... Mr. Xiao has come to see you in person... Hurry up... To Mr. Xiao...a gift..."

Wen Renchong had no interest in the new commander-in-chief. He still ignored him and swung the hammer in his hand: "Repair weapons on the left, repair armor on the right."

Gu Jiao looked at the piles of damaged armored soldiers on both sides of the yard and asked, "No need to register?"

"No need." Wen Renchong smashed the hammer again until a series of sparks hit the red-hot weapon.

Gu Jiao asked: "With all these armored soldiers, do you remember who they belong to?"

Wen Renchong finally became impatient. He frowned and looked at Gu Jiao: "You should practice it or not. If you don't practice it, don't block my light -"

 The last word is only half said.

His eyes flashed with uncontrollable surprise, as if he had not expected that the new commander-in-chief was so young.

 Gu Jiao’s official age is nineteen, but her actual age is less than seventeen. Doesn’t she look like a young and immature teenager?

But the young man is upright, with a calm and calm temperament, and his eyes show the aggressiveness and calmness of his age.

"Hey! Why are you talking?" Master Hu was no longer panting as hard as before. He pointed at Wen Renchong, "Zhang Hu was punished just now for the first offense! Do you want to be like Zhang Hu?"

Wen Renchong lowered his eyes and continued to strike: "Whatever."

 “Hey—you—” Master Hu was very angry at him.

Gu Jiao's reaction was quite calm. She glanced at Wen Renchong and said, "Then I'll ask you again tomorrow."

 After saying that, she put her hands behind her back and turned to leave.

Wen Renchong looked at her straight back and said calmly: "No need to waste your efforts. It's the same no matter how many times you ask. I'm just a blacksmith."

Gu Jiao didn't answer, didn't stop, and left with Master Hu.

Master Hu sighed: "Sir, don't be angry. Wen Renchong has such a bad temper. When the Han family tried to win him over, he didn't know how to promote him. Otherwise, how could he be transferred to the reserve camp and become a blacksmith?"

"Yes." Gu Jiao nodded, seeming to have listened to his advice, and asked, "You said before that Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng were no longer in the military camp. When did they leave? Where are they now? ?”

Master Hu recalled some things and carefully considered his words: "They... have been away for three or four years. Li Shen left first, and Zhao Dengfeng also left within two months... They used to never get along with each other. As for the two of them, Where are you now... You go to the camp to rest for a while, and I'll go to the training ground to find out."

 “Okay.” Gu Jiao returned to her tent.

The camp was quite large and was divided into two rooms by a screen. The outside was the meeting hall and the inside was her bedroom.

The luxurious furnishings in the camp have all been moved away, but one can still see from the tent roof and walls how luxurious the Han family is in the military camp.

The Xuanyuan family has always been frugal in style. Although they have many farms and shops under their name, the money they earn basically goes to support the military camp.

Gu Jiao was sitting in the large tent, feeling a familiar sense of mission in her heart.

 —Have I adapted to Jingyinyin’s identity so quickly?

"Sir! Your Excellency! I heard about it!" Master Hu panted into the camp, bowed respectfully, and said, "Li Shen... Li Shen and Zhao Dengfeng... are all in a town outside Shengdu..."

Gu Jiao asked: "How far?"

Master Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "It's not too far. If we take a shortcut, we can get there in more than an hour."

On the first day after taking office, I was not very good at business, but I had nothing to do... Gu Jiao said, "You come with me."

Are you so resolute?

Master Hu was stunned for a while before he realized: "Yes, I'll prepare the carriage."

Gu Jiao stood up, grabbed the red tassel gun on the shelf and put it on her back: "No need, ride a horse."

 “Uh…but I…”

　　　Not very good at riding a horse—

 Horse King continues to stay in the military camp for training.

Gu Jiao rode on the Black Wind King, and Master Hu rode on a Black Wind Cavalry, and went with Gu Jiao to Qiushan Town where they were.

Qiu Shan Town and Tianqiong Academy are in completely different directions. Gu Jiao has never been to the north of the city. She feels that it is not as lively as the south of the city, but it is not desolate.

There is a cargo terminal in Qiushan Town, and Li Shen works as a coolie there.

 There were people coming and going on the pier, including guests rushing to get on and off the ship, as well as strong men working hard to carry goods.

Li Shen was very strong. One person grabbed three sacks and carried them on his shoulders, while the others only carried one.

The veins on his forehead bulged, and large beads of sweat spilled down like a waterfall, dripping onto the bluestone floor that had been distorted by the scorching sun, and disappeared with a slurp.

　　Many strong men suffered from heatstroke and sat helplessly in the shadow of the shed, gasping for air.

Gu Jiao could tell that Li Shen was about to suffer from heat stroke, but he gritted his teeth and moved three bags of goods into the warehouse before taking a rest.

 He didn't rest for long, and walked towards the cargo ship again before his physical strength had fully recovered.

 “Li Shen!” Master Hu called him while sitting on his horse.

Li Shen looked back at Master Hu and said coldly: "You have the wrong person."

Master Hu said sternly: "I did not admit my mistake! You are Li Shen!"

 “Wang Dazhu! Here we come to move the cargo!” A sailor on the cargo ship shouted to him.

 “Here it comes!” He trotted over sweating profusely.

"Hey-hey-Li Shen-" Mr. Hu howled twice, but in the end he couldn't stop him.

Gu Jiao sat on the horse and looked quietly in the direction of Li Shen: "What was his condition at the beginning?"

Master Hu said: "Sir, do you want to ask why he retired from the army? I seem to have heard that something happened to his family. His younger brother was gone. His younger brother and sister remarried with their children, leaving only an elderly mother. He did it to take care of her. He was discharged from the military camp. But I don't understand why he even changed his name?"

 “Where is Zhao Dengfeng?” Gu Jiao asked.

Master Hu said hurriedly: "It's a restaurant three miles away. His situation is better. He opened a restaurant by himself. I heard that the business is pretty good."

As he spoke, he looked around and cautiously said to Gu Jiao: "There were rumors at the time that Zhao Dengfeng had defected to the Han family a long time ago and had been selling information to the Han family secretly. He was also responsible for the Xuanyuan family's defeat. Before. Everyone doesn't believe it. After all, he is Xuanyuan Sheng's most valued lieutenant. But you see, my lord, Zhao Dengfeng and Li Shen were discharged from the army at the same time. Li Shen was reduced to a coolie on the dock, but Zhao Dengfeng made a windfall and opened a restaurant. My lord, what do you think? , please savor it carefully!”

Gu Jiao said: "So, it was the money given by the Han family?"

Master Hu admired him and said, "Your Excellency is wise!"

 “Go and have a look.” Gu Jiao said.

 (End of this chapter)